Emmert confirmed that schedule following brief remarks at a reception at the Collegiate Commissioners Association's meeting in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

He had said last week he would be testifying, but the date of his appearance was not set until Monday night.

His testimony in the case will not take the usual form of direct examination by the NCAA, then a cross-examination whose scope is largely limited by what is covered in the direct examination.

The plaintiffs in the case had put Emmert on their original witness list and initially asked U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken to require him to appear as a part of their case.

Wilken rejected that request, but during a pre-trial conference there was an exchange between Wilken and the NCAA's lead attorney Glenn Pomerantz in which the ground rules for Emmert's appearance were made clear.

Pomerantz said, "We would agree that even if I don't question Dr. Emmert about a certain subject matter when he testifies in our case, that they are free to go beyond the subject matter because that's their examination in the case."

Wilken replied, "That goes without saying."

Pomerantz added, "That's fair game and we understand that. ... Let us do our full direct (examination) during our case. Let him respond to whatever they might have done in their case."

Given the pace of witness testimony so far in the trial, plus the arrangement surrounding Emmert's testimony, it will not be a surprise if the questioning of Emmert goes beyond one full trial day -- especially if his testimony does not begin at the start of a day. The sides have been in court for five hours a day, with two short breaks.

Lawyers for the NCAA are likely to complete their cross-examination of Drexel University sport management professor Ellen Staurowsky on Tuesday. They are then scheduled to begin calling their witnesses, with University of Texas women's athletics director Chris Plonsky expected to be called first. She is set to be followed by University of Chicago professor James Heckman, the 2000 recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics.

Heckman is likely to provide the NCAA's answer to the nearly 11 hours of testimony given last week by the plaintiffs' primary economic expert, Stanford emeritus professor Roger Noll.

On Wednesday, under a pre-arranged scheduling agreement based on witness availability, the plaintiffs will get to call Joel Linzner, the executive vice president of business and legal affairs for video game manufacturer Electronic Arts. According to the plaintiffs' witness list, Linzner will testify about the business relationship between EA, the NCAA and Collegiate Licensing Co., the nation's leading collegiate trademark licensing and marketing firm.